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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1978
MR. JACK CATER APPOINTED DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, MR. JACK CATER, HAS BEEN APOINTED DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR FROM NOVEMBER 20 TO NOVEMBER 23 DURING THE ABSENCE OF THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE.
SJR MURRAY WHO LEFT YESTERDAY TO JOIN A HONG KONG ECONOMIC MISSION IN TOKYO, WILL RETURN ON THURSDAY (NOVEMBER 23).
AM FREQUENCY CHANGE EFFECTIVE ON THURSDAY
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PEOPLE WHO RELY ON THEIR MEDIUM-WAVE BAND RADIO CLOCKS TO WAKE THEM UP ARE ADVISED TO USE OTHER MEANS TO BUZZ THEM AWAKE ON THURSDAY (NOVEMBER 23) MORNING WHEN ALL FIVE LOCAL AM RADIO CHANNELS WILL SWITCH TO THE NEW FREQUENCIES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY EXPLAINED THAT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO PRE-SET THE TUNING DIAL OF AN ORDINARY RADIO TO THE NEW FREQUENCIES,
+UNLESS YOU TUNE TO A VHF/FM BEFORE YOU GO TO SLEEP
AN ALARM CLOCK, HE SAID. THE VHF SERVICES ARE NOT AFFECTED BY THESE CHANGES,+
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT ONCE THE RADIO STATIONS START BROADCASTING ON THE NEW MEDIUM-WAVE FREQUENCIES ON THURSDAY, PEOPLE CAN EASILY TUNE INTO ANY OF THE FIVE AM CHANNELS WHICH ARE IN THE SAME ORDER ON A RADIO'S TUNING DIAL AS AT PRESENT.
THE NEW FREQUENCIES OF THE FIVE AM CHANNELS ARE RTHK-3 (ENGLISH) 567 KHZ, COMMERCIAL RADIO-2 (CHINESE) 675 KHZ, RTHK-1 (CHINESE) 783 KHZ, COMMERCIAL RADIO-1 (CHINESE) 864 KHZ AND COMMERCIAL RADIO (ENGLISH) 1044 KHZ.
THE CHANGE IS AIMED AT IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF AM RECEPTION BY RE-ALLOCATING THE MEDIUM-WAVE FREQUENCIES OF ALL RADIO STATIONS IN ASIA AND EUROPE.
THE NEW FREQUENCY PLAN WAS WORKED OUT AT THE INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE DURING WHICH ALL DELEGATES AGREED TO IMPLEMENT IT ON NOVEMBER 23.
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